NS-DV720P insignia videos won't work on final cut express

it keeps saying that it doesn't have the right codec or compressor.
i have no idea what this means.
help?

It basically means you computer needs to understand the language that the files from your camera speak. At the moment they're not talking.
Can you outline the details regarding the type of files your camera produces? Refer to the camera manual.
Often times a third party application to transcode the files will do the trick. Unless we know the details is only a guessing game.
After a quick search I found your camera produces AVI H.264 files and it's going to need transcoding to AIC.(Apple Intermediate Codec)
See if this will do it:
http://www.squared5.com/
Al

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